WILDWOMAN

As the young newlywed of King Henry II of France, Catherine de Medici thought her life at court would be a fascinating forum of political discourse. Instead, the palace is a cruel and disturbing place where her singular function is to be a baby-making machine for male heirs. Even the other women at her side, a scheming lady-in-waiting and the king’s power-hungry mistress, seem to mostly fend for themselves. The only kinship she finds is with the paperback-romance hot, head-to-toe hairy wildman kept in the dungeon as one of the king’s collection of caged oddities. His friendly and feral presence gradually awakens Catherine’s own wild side, and once she unleashes it, no one is safe from her vengeful wrath.

Based on the shocking true story that inspired Beauty and the Beast, Kat Sandler brings her trademark rapid-fire wit to this salacious saga of an infamous bad girl who could not be tamed. A viciously funny and sexy thrill ride, WILDWOMAN is about what happens when we let the monster out. Being bad never felt so good.

AUTHOR

Kat Sandler

Kat Sandler is a writer, director and Artistic Director of Theatre Brouhaha. She has written fifteen original plays since 2011, and directed fourteen of them. She was a member of the 2014 Tarragon Playwrights Unit, where she developed Mustard, which won the 2016 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (General Division), and her play Bang Bang was nominated for the same award in 2018. She was the 2015 recipient of NOW Magazine’s Audience Choice Award for Best Director and Best Playwright. Kat is a graduate of the Queen’s University drama program. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, and writes in coffee shops and bars.

Reviews

What ultimately makesWILDWOMANwork is Sandlers boldness in refusing to hold back Everyone is at fault Everyone is at blame These characters are terrible and thats why we love them

– Samantha Wu BroadwayWorld

The play is wildly funny and seductive the script is a fastpaced whirlwind that sucks you into its strange world and doesnt let you go Sandlers play questions what it means to be a monster and invites audiences to consider how power might itself be the monster It is daring seductive and unafraid to be absolutely unhinged you will laugh and you will be shocked If you love morally gray characters and a raunchy script do not be afraid to let the monster out and go see WILDWOMAN

– Andrea Perez Intermission

Theres enough story and colourful reallife characters to power a couple of seasons of a prestige TV costume drama

– Glenn Sumi The Toronto Star